Word: rigor
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...ammonia is not a good idea, to be educated today means to be scientifically literate. It is embarrassing that this can’t be said of every Harvard College graduate. The basic problem plaguing the current Core Curriculum’s science program is a lack of rigor. Students can easily make their way through their 32 courses at Harvard without ever really encountering the scientific method or learning what a controlled experiment is. If a Harvard student doesn’t understand a scientific issue, his general education coursework should at least give him the wherewithal to become...
...past. A rudimentary understanding of American institutions and history will be the common starting point, not the end goal of the proposed classes. The College’s current U.S. history courses, such as American constitutional history and the history of American capitalism, are taught at a level of rigor and depth few would have encountered in high school...
...rules, says Lorena G. Barberia, an OIP program associate, “mean substantially less licenses.” In 2003, Barberia says, the U.S. government issued 181 licenses for study programs nationwide; in 2005, they offered fewer than 70. Harvard’s new program features a rigorous application process. “Thirty applications were picked up on the first days,” says Barberia, but fewer than 20 students will be accepted. Compared to the other Latin-American study abroad programs that Harvard offers, the application puts more emphasis on Spanish skills and includes an interview...
Commenting on the rigor of these oral examinations, Widmer tied other panelists’ interest in combatting torture to the History and Literature requirement that still exists today. “Our interest in human rights and torture probably stems from the oral exam,” he joked...
...became more than just an avenue for his feelings when junior year, Ho decided to play college ball. With numerous universities as suitors, he made the decision to attend Harvard, even doing a postgraduate year at Avon Old Farms to increase his academic abilities and prepare him for the rigor of Crimson life...